Charente-Maritime, France · 2012-12-05 · from the GEIPAN archive
An account in Charente-Maritime, France
On December 5, 2012 at around 9:45 PM, a witness from their home on the 6th floor noticed in the clear sky the presence of a very bright phenomenon masking a dark-colored "craft." This object remained stationary for about ten minutes without any noise being heard before disappearing.
No other testimony about this phenomenon was collected.
On the one hand, this observation is completely strange; on the other hand, it is very surprising that this observation was only reported by one person, despite the high population density of the city.
Following the gendarmerie investigation, which carefully made checks with the aviation and security authorities, GEIPAN wished to conduct an on-site investigation with the witness, but the latter refused this opportunity.
Due to the impossibility of conducting this investigation, GEIPAN classifies this case as "C" for lack of information.
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